PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Dolor ea et et iriure enim amet aliquyam gubergren vel. Duo eos labore facilisis et praesent duis et magna ipsum dolor blandit amet gubergren et lorem ut takimata nobis. Accumsan vel lorem duis magna sit assum et labore justo. Gubergren consetetur eros dolores stet. Vero sadipscing gubergren lorem labore labore nobis euismod enim. Ut nibh quis tempor dolore sed sadipscing kasd est sed diam sit wisi aliquyam nonumy. Clita dolore erat accumsan tempor sadipscing ipsum et labore eu sanctus takimata nonumy nihil accusam tempor adipiscing dolores et. Diam ad exerci ea dolor amet nulla qui amet erat suscipit feugiat no dolor et et consetetur diam. Vero magna et diam duis dolore ut facilisis facilisi sea ipsum imperdiet invidunt sit elitr voluptua rebum hendrerit et. Sed erat labore diam velit eos voluptua feugiat. At sit sadipscing.
Sample Output H3
Sanctus elitr rebum rebum et clita dolores duo eirmod duis sed commodo takimata. Volutpat diam ut diam clita tempor voluptua rebum possim. Diam at duis est hendrerit sit takimata quis dolor ut diam aliquam kasd amet et lorem ut. Elitr sanctus invidunt eirmod dolor vero et gubergren duis vero magna facer invidunt et dolor duis ad amet et. Dolor nisl velit lorem rebum. Facilisis dolor ea eros consetetur feugait luptatum ipsum et.
Feugait takimata et. Sed aliquip dolore dolore. Sed lorem enim clita dolor et tempor no dolor consequat et et vero clita amet invidunt. Takimata aliquyam sanctus vero eirmod sit qui. Et tation amet sanctus duo sanctus. Justo ea sadipscing ea lorem ipsum at kasd. Et facilisis clita amet no qui sit voluptua dolor duis consetetur. Vero voluptua elitr doming stet et. Elitr voluptua ipsum hendrerit delenit consetetur amet in et ea invidunt ut. Dolor amet ipsum. Sit eirmod iriure et ipsum ex invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Justo sit magna vel justo. Kasd facilisis molestie aliquyam justo elit ipsum et sadipscing aliquyam at dolore dolores. Clita aliquam ut et doming consetetur id veniam sea sadipscing et vel lobortis vel takimata est no invidunt. Magna magna tempor duis dignissim et dolor duis. Diam sadipscing et takimata duo clita aliquip justo facilisi sanctus vero tation sed dolore nisl dolor. Ipsum voluptua et dolor diam accusam accusam et kasd voluptua voluptua et lorem. Commodo et clita kasd. Accusam ea dolores iriure ipsum. Et magna kasd et. Amet zzril est lorem rebum accusam in et. Nonumy nobis sed.
Voluptua commodo accusam at feugait. Consequat lorem eos ut et dolor lorem consectetuer no et nonumy erat sit iusto gubergren sed. Nonumy eos feugiat dolore amet. Dolor assum vero ea at voluptua gubergren amet at invidunt at magna sit takimata. Et duis vulputate diam sed diam lorem eos amet option consetetur. Eu dolore dolor amet assum. No rebum ut luptatum eirmod et at luptatum autem autem sadipscing accusam. Rebum molestie labore ea consetetur tempor illum justo invidunt iriure et sed molestie. Aliquyam diam augue eos invidunt voluptua clita liber vero enim sea feugait duo. Tincidunt duis ut magna accumsan sea aliquyam gubergren et dolor no stet ipsum dolore vero.
Sample Output H4
Esse aliquam at iriure est magna tation sanctus ipsum. No consetetur justo dolor vel et justo voluptua odio. Dolore nonumy et duo justo duis sit ea mazim ipsum stet dolore sed. Lorem tempor elitr nisl. Illum feugait vero voluptua. Et ea stet gubergren vero hendrerit soluta exerci odio sadipscing. Erat aliquyam vulputate at diam aliquip imperdiet eu delenit dolores duis lorem elitr eirmod. Diam ea eirmod ipsum labore.
Facilisis dolor est labore invidunt sed lorem amet magna gubergren ipsum feugait. Euismod ipsum euismod duis rebum rebum sed. Magna dolor clita accusam nisl no minim amet clita dolore sadipscing vero sanctus commodo clita accusam. Dolor dignissim elit. In consectetuer est sit velit at. Et quis velit accusam. Et dolore amet elitr clita nulla sit dolor lorem tempor diam et consectetuer minim vero ullamcorper et. Sit tempor te sit accusam no facilisi. Et duo sanctus.
Sample Output H3
Consetetur dolore iusto et duo et. Ea laoreet diam et nulla at suscipit eleifend. Accusam dolores labore duo in elitr minim. Et sit hendrerit justo sadipscing doming duo autem soluta eros. Ipsum sed sea sanctus lorem consetetur aliquip sadipscing nonumy amet volutpat amet clita elitr tempor dolore ut placerat magna. Ipsum no ipsum takimata est dolore erat et diam lorem et stet autem et consequat esse rebum te duo. Accusam blandit ut ea magna sit dolor tempor dolore stet autem lorem et facilisi erat consetetur magna amet. Et ipsum consequat et ut vero tation dolore euismod nostrud ea duo gubergren sed at ipsum ut lobortis.
Ut quis sit. Rebum eos dolores vero at eum lorem takimata sit nostrud dolores. Ut tempor lorem sed in justo clita autem voluptua sed possim diam dolor suscipit autem nulla ea eros. At dolor duo nobis nulla sea elit eos et sadipscing. Eos blandit eos duo sanctus amet et eum ipsum lobortis. Stet aliquyam ut labore ipsum imperdiet dolor.
Sample Output H4
Elitr qui clita elitr kasd. Ut sanctus amet sea sit nulla diam ea. Et vero aliquyam magna aliquyam in. Elitr elitr at gubergren vel luptatum clita eirmod eirmod. Dolore dolor zzril et nisl magna sea nulla zzril gubergren consetetur. Exerci dolore magna volutpat aliquyam stet sed amet lorem est nonumy tempor diam. Ea ut diam lorem amet. Accusam exerci ipsum elitr ipsum dolor eirmod sadipscing nonumy eos autem feugiat aliquyam dolor nobis. Sed voluptua invidunt lorem sed accusam ipsum. At minim amet.
Takimata aliquam minim ea lorem accumsan. Ut nonumy eu. Congue consectetuer sed ea et. Diam aliquyam diam lorem sanctus stet amet erat et. Sanctus accusam dolores. Takimata consectetuer diam ea justo tempor feugiat ipsum elitr soluta iriure eirmod.
Sample Output H4
Justo vero tincidunt tempor volutpat praesent dolore dolore dolore magna justo. Voluptua aliquip et accumsan sadipscing dolor et at est et ullamcorper nonummy. Lorem gubergren sadipscing et consequat no duo duo stet gubergren sea at justo ut ut eirmod voluptua ipsum. Sit et amet kasd rebum dolores accumsan dolore. Tempor dolore ipsum dolores sit. Volutpat et vero sadipscing. Iusto sit lorem vel gubergren sea et. Sed tempor dolor nulla stet amet elit voluptua. Duis erat est stet amet. Aliquyam stet euismod diam consetetur vero amet autem et et voluptua.
Dolor diam dolores takimata. Lorem lorem erat lobortis lorem diam et erat dignissim magna vero. Nonumy sed diam blandit facilisi ut lorem vulputate eos tempor. Kasd eos stet nam lorem ipsum clita sit vel eos lobortis stet elitr laoreet. Gubergren invidunt dolores stet lorem stet magna feugiat imperdiet euismod rebum. Vulputate consequat dolore assum doming nonummy consetetur lorem dolore diam labore justo diam takimata. Quis nibh vel illum invidunt dolor stet no labore et. Lorem dolor diam voluptua. Diam sed at et ad sit nisl no sit dolor ut stet et. Lorem nisl nonummy nisl gubergren nonumy diam gubergren at amet nostrud dolor dolor erat. Dolor ad eum takimata aliquam sanctus sed ipsum vel.
More Sample Output H2
Vero at aliquip diam kasd sit sea dolore esse facilisis lorem sadipscing aliquyam ipsum feugait dolores sit at. Sed nisl labore consetetur lorem lorem takimata sanctus diam erat accusam sit. In amet et dolor. Magna est exerci magna ea aliquyam sea euismod eirmod eu lorem rebum. Consequat diam et.
Nonumy ex dolor suscipit esse consetetur eros et duo. Sadipscing tempor aliquyam invidunt facilisi exerci lobortis accusam et sed eirmod est dolor eros te et invidunt praesent nonumy. Ut ex accumsan consetetur sed aliquam. Ea sit dolore assum exerci duis et esse consequat dolor dolores tincidunt ex. Takimata nostrud ut.
Sample Output H3
Ipsum est lorem. Tincidunt sadipscing et magna magna nulla duis aliquip no eirmod diam hendrerit molestie labore amet vero voluptua. Sed vero nonumy justo consetetur nonumy diam ad consetetur tincidunt at consetetur et diam et lorem diam amet facilisis. Nulla diam diam dolore sea vulputate eos justo eirmod facilisis sed eum eros nonumy. At elitr sadipscing amet consetetur cum lorem rebum et sed luptatum et sit ut duo sadipscing dolore dolore. Takimata et labore facilisi kasd accumsan sit nulla clita amet molestie duis dolor voluptua magna elitr kasd feugiat amet. Vel hendrerit illum dolores odio et dignissim justo ut et vel at. Eleifend et nonummy invidunt vel magna eum vero diam gubergren vero tation aliquyam ea. Et amet sanctus. Takimata veniam rebum minim sit ea accusam invidunt est sit sit mazim nonumy sadipscing justo.
Ea ipsum amet amet sit sea ut amet dignissim euismod lorem diam nulla justo sed vel invidunt labore nonummy. Sed dolor nisl enim amet hendrerit et no dolores tation rebum et aliquyam ut labore. Clita duis liber et hendrerit lorem dolore eos ipsum no sadipscing sadipscing no kasd. Sadipscing eros sed stet tincidunt aliquyam aliquyam est magna quis et vel magna ipsum et dolor dolor justo nonummy. Accumsan dolor vero nostrud at nihil sed dolores ut dolor justo amet takimata.
Sample Output H4
Lorem wisi eos sed dolor magna vulputate at et dolor dolores labore dolor eirmod stet autem facilisi amet. Sed sit blandit et eirmod diam et. Justo duo tempor erat laoreet hendrerit sadipscing. Sit et elitr voluptua sanctus duo nonumy duis amet no duis eirmod duo eos eirmod luptatum lorem labore. Voluptua kasd autem et amet ut soluta molestie vero no dolores diam elitr dolor et nulla amet. Et ex voluptua takimata diam dolor erat labore amet. Sit dolor velit aliquyam. Luptatum duo labore est lorem et diam laoreet ea.
Dolore dolore et aliquip qui clita tempor ea nulla lorem labore. Elitr sanctus eirmod et sed nisl sed eos vulputate lorem cum dolor. Et dolore takimata diam ut dolore amet nonummy aliquip accusam ipsum rebum nostrud. Cum rebum dolore et sadipscing eu dolore ut amet duis no amet ea ut. Dolores rebum dolor eros ipsum invidunt erat aliquyam at elitr et nonumy vero. Labore at dolor option amet vero no stet et kasd clita. Lorem euismod elitr dolore sit amet. Dolor molestie facilisis ut labore sed at magna et duis stet no vel accumsan. Ea nulla sanctus ea assum sit ut eirmod ipsum invidunt delenit aliquip enim dolor takimata sadipscing. Duo dolore et duo nonummy suscipit.
Sample Output H4
Tempor at tation ipsum ut sit ipsum sed aliquam kasd rebum takimata amet dolore. Aliquip labore feugiat ipsum nulla velit facilisis vel gubergren odio sanctus sed exerci dolor diam ut accusam elitr. Dolor at est. Enim nisl clita vero consetetur et eum ea nibh at in ipsum ut amet nam sed cum eros. Et gubergren dolor quis at diam et ipsum elitr. Justo diam rebum rebum nonumy stet rebum sit duo illum rebum dolores lorem nihil blandit labore ipsum labore nam. Sit sed eros lorem nonumy quis duo elitr stet dolor kasd ea ex.
Stet delenit justo eos invidunt sadipscing quis lorem sed laoreet option takimata lorem elitr sed. Dolore et vero dolore dolore commodo consetetur at consequat amet accusam at invidunt eirmod amet ut ut. Aliquip aliquyam dolor iriure et sed ullamcorper eirmod vel duis sea accusam ipsum sit. Clita dolor magna et sit est erat ut commodo placerat invidunt ipsum possim dolores. Sed facilisis est ut voluptua erat aliquip molestie nonummy accusam consetetur dolor magna sit ut amet dolore. Sed vel gubergren duo stet rebum eirmod sea ex dolor est dolor dolor. Est luptatum consequat.
Sample Output H3
Facilisis erat in duo tation clita magna tempor dolore lorem ipsum stet. Augue ipsum eros eu vero eos et sed sit dolor duo est ad sit ut feugiat. Eirmod delenit lorem. Dolor placerat justo dolore duis. Clita suscipit sit sea duo labore sea dolores et. Vero est stet sed consetetur aliquyam magna eros vel consetetur vel adipiscing lorem odio et velit. Et ea clita placerat lorem diam at eos cum nonumy nonumy praesent stet.
Consequat tempor et feugiat et diam esse ea ullamcorper dolore justo lorem dolor vero nisl vero elitr doming. Tation soluta est enim vero diam takimata tincidunt. Sed elitr vero kasd et. Ipsum nulla ut nisl et augue ut magna tempor. Congue vero nonummy. Dolor ipsum dolor takimata dolor dolores amet dolore tempor.
Sample Output H4
Sed labore iriure dolore eu sit vero praesent aliquyam quis. Ipsum accusam et ipsum odio est et sit quod dolor aliquyam sed elitr vero eum blandit dolor et et. Diam sed sanctus augue et. Aliquip nonumy sea vero accumsan dolor magna et kasd voluptua nobis imperdiet augue sed ipsum. Gubergren clita consequat sadipscing blandit. Invidunt ut lobortis duis kasd.
No ea kasd. Dolor consectetuer erat kasd et rebum. Sit accusam eleifend justo sit eirmod sea sed dolores kasd. Consetetur et dolore facer justo dolor et praesent diam tempor. Eos invidunt kasd placerat sanctus ut veniam et vero rebum autem sit duis sed et dolores. Ut possim justo sit eirmod sed.
Sample Output H4
Eos sanctus magna autem. Velit invidunt lorem facilisis ipsum nulla takimata vero dolore takimata ipsum ipsum dignissim et eu justo lorem. Magna invidunt dolor et takimata. Sanctus ut sea diam eum et at nulla quod aliquyam iriure nihil luptatum dolore sit assum sadipscing elitr vulputate. Est ipsum justo magna gubergren eros.
Aliquyam sadipscing nostrud lorem. Magna elitr stet iusto dolores. Eirmod stet duo. Amet et dolore odio erat elitr magna elitr lorem augue feugait rebum takimata. Iriure congue ut. Nonummy ut duo tation sed elit dolore gubergren et dolore et consetetur. Blandit invidunt quod sit te diam diam dolores accumsan ipsum sit ipsum sed labore dolor labore dolor. Tempor sit justo aliquip soluta diam velit delenit et clita amet et amet adipiscing sanctus no diam tempor.